LP 22 Round UP – Rice to the Challenge!

Many thanks to everyone who participated in this past month’s Lasang Pinoy, Rice to the Challenge! For the year’s end, we decided to feature the ubiquitous rice and all the ways it could be cooked. Visit the food blogs below to see how they rose up to the challenge.My apologies to Desie of Maybahay for missing her delicious looking Arroz a la Valenciana. This banana wrapped one-pot dish is another must try to join the other entries.

Iska hosts Erwin Ines who shares his memories of and recipe for congee.
Reflecting on the past year, Erwin reminds us “no matter what, the world will tell us that it’s time to simplify things, as simple as cooking Congee“.

For her own entry, Iska offers up two delectable rice dishes, Egg Fried Rice which pairs up nicely with any breakfast meat you could think of and her aunt Glo’s Biko.

Kai at Bucaio offers three delicacies and a treasure trove of information about each that every Pinoy foodie should know. I certainly learned a lot about these food items that I’ve always eaten but didn’t know the background of. From the Bucaio, check out the Pinipig, Lanka Suman and Intemtem and Buro.

Marvin at Burnt Lumpia describes with great humor his family’s traditions and his mom’s cooking of this Pinoy standard, Arroz Caldo. He has step-by-step photographs on how to cook this dish including a commentary on how he didn’t know that saffron is used for this dish.

Ces at SpiCes wishes a BIKO-full New Year to all with her rendition of another traditional Filipino dessert made from Rice, which she recently got a tutorial on from her mom’s recent visit.

Stefoodie of These thy gifts posts a veritable dissertation of puto which puts my initiate experimentations to shame with her Puto Experiments. I’ll be using he copious notes for future experiments. I think I am starting to see where mine went awry.

Finally, Bursky of At Wit’s End challenges you to a game defining words all about rice. Rice is such an intricate part of the Filipino culture that we have a word for every stage and state of rice. Are you up to translating a few or adding more words to the list?

Don’t forget to check back at the Lasang Pinoy portal for the next round of LP. The announcement for the theme will be announced soon by our next host, Lorraine of Super Sarap.

Thanks, Mike, Marvin, Kaoko and desie, and thank you for participating in this round of Lasang Pinoy.

Kaoko, no problem, there’s always next time 😉 I’m still recovering from the holidays, so I know. lol!

Desie, sorry I didn’t get your email. It might still be sitting in my inbox, I’ve been kind of out of it since the holidays too 🙂 I’ve added your valenciana to the round up and will probably keep this post on top for a couple of days before I post something else. Thanks so much for coming through even with late notice. I really appreciate it.